ACC finds sources of corruption in Titas, places recommendation

Senior Correspondent: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday submitted a report regarding the recommendations and sources of corruption of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Co. Ltd. to State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.

ACC Commissioner Mohammad Mozammel Haque Khan submitted the report at the Bangladesh Secretariat.

He said the commission in 2017 formed 25 organizational teams for submitting reports after investigating laws, administrative procedures, and various sides of govt money embezzlement and misuse in 25 public institutions.

Several reports have already been sent to the ministries concerned, the ACC commissioner added.

He said that these teams identify the source of corruption by conducting investigations. Titas Gas related organizational team collected information after discussion with Titas Gas Company's retired officers, working officers and those who have a good idea during their investigation.

Besides, the team also reviewed the statements of the beneficiaries, annual reports, and audit reports, information of victims of corruption and irregularities of Titas and corruption reports published in newspapers, he said.

On the basis of overall review, the team submitted a 12-point recommendation for the prevention of corruption in the company

He said that in this report 22 sources of possible corruption have been identified. Some of the sources are illegal connection, illegal link renegotiation, meter tampering, excessive gas connection to boiler and generator, system loss, negligence to install EVC (Electronic Volume Corrector) etc.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 17, 2019/Noimuddin/AI